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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

2009 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes.Used with permission of Kevin Henkes and Greenwillow Books.

The Notable Books in the Language Arts Committee, sponsored by the Children’s Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English, selects thirty titles each year that best exemplify the criteria established for the Notables Award. Books considered for this annual list are works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry written for children, grades K-8. The books must meet one or more of the following criteria:

deal explicitly with language, such as plays on words, word origins, or the history of language;

demonstrate uniqueness in the use of language or style;

invite child response or participation.

In addition, books are to:

have an appealing format;

be of enduring quality;

meet generally accepted criteria of quality for the genre in which they are written.

Hi Mary, I wanted to thank you personally -- and the rest of the CLA -- for selecting Zorgamazoo as one of 2009's Notable Books. I had no idea I was even in the running! It's a great honor and I appreciate it very much.

We Are ALSO Proud Members of the Nerdy Book Club

Celebrate!

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Franki and Mary Lee are both teachers, and have been for more than 20 years.

Franki is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Beyond Leveled Books (Stenhouse), Still Learning to Read (Stenhouse), Day-to-Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop (Scholastic) and The Joy of Planning (Choice Literacy). She is also a regular contributor to Choice Literacy.

Mary Lee is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Reconsidering Read-Aloud (Stenhouse) and has poems in the Poetry Friday Anthology, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books), Dear Tomato: An International Crop of Food and Agriculture Poems, National Geographic Books of Nature Poems, The Best of Today's Little Ditty (2014-15 and 2016), and Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's Poems are Teachers.